Lady&#39;s and child&#39;s hat



sewn 1924. as 7,635

B. B. TURQHXN LADYS AND CHILD'S HAT Filed Dec. 2, 1921 ATTORNEY PatentedSept. 9, 1924.

UNITED STATES PATENJTVOFFICE.

BENJAMIN-B. TURCHIN; or mo y; New YORK. I Y

\ LADYS -AND CHILDS HAT.

Application filed December 2, 1921. Serial No. 519,549.

To all whom it may concern:

Be 1t known that BENJAMIN B. TURGHIN,

- a citizen of the United States, residing at New York city, borough ofBrooklyn, in.

the county of Kings and- State of New York, has invented certain new anduseful- Improvements in Ladies and Childrens Hats, of which thefollowing is a specificapart be obvious and in part hereinafter pointedout.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction,combinations of elements and arrangement of parts which will beexemplified in the construction hereinafter described, and of which thescope of application will be indicated in the following claims.

In the accompanying drawing, in which is shown one of the variouspossible illustrative embodiments of this invention,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of this invention viewedwith the hat held in an inverted position so that the interior crown andinside of the rim are visible;

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the novel hat lining embodied in thisinvention; and

Fig. 3 is a detailed section cut along line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Referring in detail to the drawing, indicates the crown and 11 the brimof the hat. These members may be of any desired shape. Within the crownportion 10 is a hat lining 14; which will be more fully hereinafterdescribed. The latter is attached interiorly to the lower edge ofthecrown and adjacent the brim by the row of stitches 15 passing throughthe crown and the extreme lower edge 16 of the lining. The lining isslightly turned in to provide an attaching edge 17 Wherethrough sa dstit hes 15 a e taken.

The hat lining is-made ina plurality of sections 18, 19, 20, etc.,united to each other by rows of stitches'21, andjare so shaped as toprovide when assembleda configurationcorresponding to the shape of thecrown of the'hat. In theform shown in the drawing, the hat crown is ofellipsoidal shape at the top and the lining sections 18, 19, 20,- etc,are of tapered construction so that when they are united they form adome shaped configuration which conforms to the crown.

In uniting the sections, the adjoining free ends are turned outwardforming edges 18, 19, 20 which are offset by the rows of stitches 21joining the adjacent section. Secured to each of the sections 18, 19,20, etc., adjacent the bottom thereof, .is a separate elastic member 28,24, 25.' Preferably these elastic members are stitched to correspondingadjacent free edges 18, 19,'

20 as shown at 23, 24, 25. It will be understood that in this manner abroken elastic band is provided which extends circumferentially of thelining adjacent the bottom thereof, the effect of which is to gather thesections in, the particular elastic member bridging a particular sectionacting individually on this section to draw the material thereoftogether.

In use, a hat provided with the lining described will readily conformitself to the particular contour of the wearers head, the irregularitiesof the shape of the head being taken care of by the particular liningsection covering the region of the head where such irregularity occurs.In this way, when the hat is placed in position on the wearers head, theadjustment for conforming to the contour thereof takes place onlyadjacent the rim portion without affecting or distorting the generalshape of the crown. The adjustment provided for by the separate elasticmembers and the sectional lining construction is not only effective inconforming the hat to the brim portion of the head, but also takes careof the various styles in which the wearer may wear the hair, theparticular sections of the crown affected readily conforming themselvesso as to make the hat comfortable on the head.

As is well known, there is generally no great divergence in size inchildrens hats and where childrens hats are constructed in accordancewith this invention the parts may be all of the same standard size, theadjustment fiorded by the hat lining construction Lin-l described to lthe hat for varying sizes of childrens heads. It will thus be seen thatthere. is pr0-- vided a device in vvhic h the svei'alic'ibjects' of thlsinventlon are achleved and vhlch s Well adapted to meet the conditionsof practical use. 7 U As various possible embodiments mightbe made ofthe above invention and as various changes might be made in theembodiment above set forth, it is to be understood that all matterhereinset forth or shovvn inthe accompanying drawings is to beinterpreted asillnstrativeand not in a limiting sense.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Lette'rs Patent: 7 I v 1. A'ha't eomprisiii'g'a rim, a crown, and aliniiig on the'i'ntrior (if said crown, said comfpris'i ngia pluialityof sections securedtoeach other to form a single, smooth interlorsurface and an elastic member attached to each of said sections, and thelengthof each of said elastic members beity of sections, each of saidsections having out-turned edges, rows of stitchingpassing through the.said'out-turned edges of adjacent sections for securing the latter toeach other, and an elastic member for each of said sec'tlonssecured,Width'Wise of the section adjacent the lower end thereof to saidout-turned edges.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

BENJAMIN B. TUB-CHIN.-

